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| Team | Qualified to | |
| Costa Rica | ||
| Cuba * | ||
| * Cuba replaced United States |
| 1st round | ||||||
| 01/04/1979 | Hamilton (BER) | Bermuda - Canada | 3-0 | |||
| 23/05/1979 | León (MEX) | Mexico - United States | 4-0 | |||
| 27/05/1979 | Ottawa (CAN) | Canada - Bermuda | 2-5 | Qual. Bermuda | ||
| 03/06/1979 | New York (USA) | United States - Mexico | 0-2 | Qual. United States * | ||
| 2nd round | ||||||
| 02/12/1979 | Hamilton (BER) | Bermuda - United States | 0-3 | |||
| 06/12/1979 | Fort Lauderdale (USA) | United States - Bermuda | 5-0 | Qual. United States | ||
| * Mexico withdrew | ||||||
| 1st round | ||||||
| 13/05/1979 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Guatemala - El Salvador | 2-0 | |||
| 22/05/1979 | San José (CRC) | Costa Rica - Panama | 4-0 | |||
| 20/05/1979 | San Salvador (SLV) | El Salvador - Guatemala | 1-0 | Qual. Guatemala | ||
| 25/05/1979 | San José (CRC) | Panama - Costa Rica | 0-2 | Qual. Costa Rica | ||
| 2nd round | ||||||
| 25/07/1979 | San José (CRC) | Costa Rica - Guatemala | 1-2 | |||
| 05/08/1979 | Ciudad de Guatemala (GUA) | Guatemala - Costa Rica | 0-1 | |||
| 26/08/1979 | San Salvador (SLV) | Costa Rica - Guatemala | 1-0 | Qual. Costa Rica |
| Preliminary round | ||||||
| Barbados - Grenada | Qual. Barbados * | |||||
| 1st round | ||||||
| 01/04/1979 | Port-au-Prince (HAI) | Haiti - Dominican Republic | 4-1 | |||
| 07/05/1979 | Bridgetown (BRB) | Barbados - Suriname | 1-2 | |||
| 07/05/1979 | Oranjestad (ARU) | Netherlands Antilles - Trinidad and Tobag | 2-3 | |||
| 13/05/1979 | Kingston (JAM) | Jamaica - Cuba | 0-3 | |||
| 19/05/1979 | San Fernando (ESP) | Trinidad and Tobago - Netherlands Antille | 6-1 | Qual. Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| 27/05/1979 | Havana (CUB) | Cuba - Jamaica | 2-0 | Qual. Cuba | ||
| 27/05/1979 | Santo Domingo (DOM) | Dominican Republic - Haiti | 0-3 | Qual. Haiti | ||
| 27/05/1979 | Paramaribo (SUR) | Suriname - Barbados | 5-1 | Qual. Suriname | ||
| 2nd round | ||||||
| 05/08/1979 | Havana (CUB) | Cuba - Haiti | 0-1 | |||
| 11/08/1979 | San Fernando (ESP) | Trinidad and Tobago - Suriname | 2-0 | |||
| 18/08/1979 | Port-au-Prince (HAI) | Haiti - Cuba | 0-0 | Qual. Haiti | ||
| 26/08/1979 | Paramaribo (SUR) | Suriname - Trinidad and Tobago | 3-1 | |||
| 30/09/1979 | Kingston (JAM) | Suriname - Trinidad and Tobago | 2-0 | Qual. Suriname | ||
| 3rd round | ||||||
| 07/12/1979 | Port-au-Prince (HAI) | Haiti - Suriname | 2-0 | |||
| 14/12/1979 | Paramaribo (SUR) | Suriname - Haiti | 2-0 | |||
| 12/01/1980 | Port of Spain (TRI) | Suriname - Haiti | 2-0 | Qual. Suriname | ||
| * Grenada withdrew | ||||||
| Pos | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| 1 | Costa Rica | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2 | United States * | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 3 | Suriname | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | ||
| * United States took part in Olympic boycott and were replaced by Cuba | ||||||||||
| Final tournament | ||||||||||
| Matchday 1 | ||||||
| 12/03/1980 | San José (CRC) | Costa Rica - Suriname | 3-2 | |||
| 16/03/1980 | Orlando (USA) | United States - Suriname | 2-1 | |||
| Matchday 2 | ||||||
| 20/03/1980 | San José (CRC) | Costa Rica - United States | 0-1 | |||
| 25/03/1980 | Edwardsville (USA) | United States - Costa Rica | 1-1 | Qual. United States | ||
| Matchday 3 | ||||||
| 30/03/1980 | Paramaribo (SUR) | Suriname - Costa Rica | 2-3 | Qual. Costa Rica | ||
| 02/04/1980 | Paramaribo (SUR) | Suriname - United States | 4-2 |